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Kawai's K5000
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The genesis of the K5000 was the Kawai K5 additive synthesizer. So with Advanced Additiveğ synthesis, Kawai has come up with a synth, the K5000S and the workstation version, the K5000W that go the limit on creation of sophisticated additive waveforms.
Rather than using pre-set waves, this synthesizer builds custom waves using up to 128 harmonics. By way of 128 Format Filters, individual envelopes for each of the harmonics, 24db/octave resonant DCF and DCA's (That's Digitally Controlled Filters and Amplifiers), the K5000 offers a large number of sound choices. These additive sounds can be also combined with internal PCM sounds.The K5000W workstation has 226 pre-set sampled sounds made up of 128 General MIDI patches and 11 drum kits. Along with the 61-note keyboard, you'll have 64-note polyphony with a 40-track/40,000 note sequencer and a built-in Standard MIDI File disk drive with 99 song and 180,000 note capacity. If you get the K5000S synth, then you'll have a multi-mode arpeggiator (yes! they are coming back), 16 preset and four assignable "macro" control knobs to change parameters during live performances.
For more about both K5000S and K5000W synths, you can contact Kawai America Corporation at 2055 East University Drive, Compton, CA 90224. Call them at 310-631-1771.
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